Help with stopovers: one-way award Europe to America, multi programs
Aug 30, 2014, 4:36 pm
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Help with stopovers: one-way award Europe to America, multi programs
One thing I have yet to play around with is maximizing points by doing open jaws and stop overs and I was wondering if anyone could help me out as I'd like to incorporate them into my next trip but find the implementation a bit confusing.
Currently I'm living in Europe for a temporary job but the project is winding down and I would like to take about 3 weeks to travel around before heading home to the US. At the moment the plan is pretty general: to fly out of Vienna at the beginning of November, see as much of Spain/France and the rest of the west coast of Europe as possible while heading north up to Norway before meeting a friend in London and then going to New York City (maybe with a stopover in Iceland)
Since my ultimate aim is essentially a one way flight, Vienna to New York, are open jaws even possible? Possibly between some intermediate destinations like Brussels or Paris? Also I've read about people using stopovers to get a free one way later on, for instance with domestic flights or even South America. I am expecting to do some travel again in December either to Colorado or South America, is there a way to incorporate some part of either trip into this booking?
If it helps because I've read stopover policies differ, I am working with UR points, Avios, and/or American Airlines.
Many thanks!
Currently I'm living in Europe for a temporary job but the project is winding down and I would like to take about 3 weeks to travel around before heading home to the US. At the moment the plan is pretty general: to fly out of Vienna at the beginning of November, see as much of Spain/France and the rest of the west coast of Europe as possible while heading north up to Norway before meeting a friend in London and then going to New York City (maybe with a stopover in Iceland)
Since my ultimate aim is essentially a one way flight, Vienna to New York, are open jaws even possible? Possibly between some intermediate destinations like Brussels or Paris? Also I've read about people using stopovers to get a free one way later on, for instance with domestic flights or even South America. I am expecting to do some travel again in December either to Colorado or South America, is there a way to incorporate some part of either trip into this booking?
If it helps because I've read stopover policies differ, I am working with UR points, Avios, and/or American Airlines.
Many thanks!
Last edited by aBroadAbroad; Aug 31, 2014 at 11:58 pm Reason: Title correction/clarification
Aug 30, 2014, 4:53 pm
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The concept of "open jaw" does not apply to a one-way.
You can use your Avios for travel on Niki with no surcharges, and for travel on BA in or out of LON with a low co-pay if you qualify for a "Reward Flight Saver" redemption.
It's possible that Icelandic offers a free or low-cost stopover at KEF on a one-way cash ticket from Europe to NYC.
AA's one-way international awards used to offer a free North American "gateway" stopover. Unfortunately, AA did away with the gateway stopover option in April of this year.
Welcome to FT!
The concept of "open jaw" does not apply to a one-way.
You can use your Avios for travel on Niki with no surcharges, and for travel on BA in or out of LON with a low co-pay if you qualify for a "Reward Flight Saver" redemption.
It's possible that Icelandic offers a free or low-cost stopover at KEF on a one-way cash ticket from Europe to NYC.
AA's one-way international awards used to offer a free North American "gateway" stopover. Unfortunately, AA did away with the gateway stopover option in April of this year.